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Blackburn Rovers set to interview second candidate - and it’s not Paul Ince

Caught Offside 16 June @ 08:06 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Who will replace Mark Hughes as Blackburn manager? They will certainly have a tough job on their hands keeping the nucleus of the current squad together, in addition to bringing in fresh talent to try and ensure a top half Premier League finish is realised once again. Sam Allardyce has already thrown his hat into [.

Two candidates neck-and-neck in Blackburn manager race

Caught Offside 17 June @ 03:13 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Blackburn chairman John Williams reckons a new managerial appointment should be made at the end of the week, and it's looking like one of two candidates at the moment. In the red corner, we have Sam Allardyce, good at Bolton and not given much time to be anything other than a failure at Newcastle. In [.

Ex-Chelsea coach enters running to manage Blackburn

Caught Offside 18 June @ 09:41 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Will Steve McClaren, Paul Ince and Sam Allardyce be overtaken on the line by this dark horse, finishing fast on the rails? The Guardian report that Henk Ten Cate is back in the race to be the next Blackburn manager, with Rovers chairman John Williams jetting out to see the Dutchman yesterday, quizzing him [.

Newcastle and ex-Man City midfielder set for the sack

Caught Offside 08 June @ 12:50 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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To be fair, if Joey Barton was anything other than a professional footballer, he would have run out of chances a long time ago. However, the Daily Mail report that his career could be effectively over, with Newcastle United planning to release the player who is currently on a suspended £55k a week while in [.

Blackburn close to appointing Hughes replacement - Shearer the favourite

Caught Offside 10 June @ 07:58 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Well, maybe not the fans favourite but he's currently at the top of bookmakers' lists. While Blackburn might talk of not rushing to appoint a replacement for Mark Hughes, the truth is that they can't leave it very long at all, especially with player contracts to sort out and potential new signings to be lined [.

Yet more proof that Allardyce was an utterly craptastic Newcastle manager…

Caught Offside 11 June @ 06:05 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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They say that if you gave a million monkeys a million typewriters and had them bashing away for a million years, you would end up with the complete works of Shakespeare. One wonders whether Sam Allardyce, if given a million years, a million players and an endless dripfeed of cash could have turned [.

Blackburn’s hunt for a manager looks to be a two horse race; Ince or Allardyce?

Caught Offside 12 June @ 09:37 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Who would be the better choice for the Blackburn job? Now that Alan Shearer has politely excused himself and eased back into his relaxed BBC career, it looks to be a two-horse race between the young and talented Paul Guv'nor Ince and the old hand Sam Allardyce. Ince has done a brilliant job at [...]

Ince hails ‘fantastic’ Blackburn - but will ex-Newcastle boss replace Hughes?

Caught Offside 13 June @ 01:00 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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It's entirely possible that Sam Allardyce is in pole position to become the next manager of Blackburn Rovers. After all, he has been interviewed at Ewood Park about the position and has demonstrated his prowess in the Premier League with Bolton. Some might argue he might have done well at St James' Park if he'd [.

Have Blackburn taken a risk with new manager?

Caught Offside 20 June @ 03:37 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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It appears that the club have made a decision over who to appoint as their next manager. Blackburn chairman John Williams has conducted a string of interviews with the likes of Sam Allardyce, Steve McClaren and Michael Laudrup, although it seems he and the board have decided to plump for an up-and-coming candidate instead of [.